Hello, While looking through the Archives of the ME (USA) List this week looking for something else, I accidentally came across a posting from July 2000: "1650 SCOTS Prisoners shipped to Lynn, MA and Berwick, Maine" "In November 1650 a number of these prisoners were apparently sent to Boston in the "Unity," arriving in New England early in 1651, no doubt. Sixty of these prisoners were sent to Lynn to work in the iron industry. ........" For the rest of the information and the source, please go to the Maine archives: www.rootsweb.com Mailing List INDEX I wonder if any of these men made their way up to Canada .. from "Maine." (Maine did not become a State until 1820; it was originally "Northern Territory of Massachusetts.") Also, on the Donegal, Ireland, List this week, someone posted information on a ship of Scottish prisoners who were "sent to the Colonies" in the 1740's. I posted a query, and found out they probably went to the Virginia or Maryland colonies. (pre-1775 was "Thirteen Colonies.") This is just an FYI for you. And, don't forget about the "British Home Children" - "unwanted children" sent out of the U.K. from ~1860 to ~1930. ("Britain" first started this "scheme" in the 1600's, sending children to the Virginia Colony. They could no longer do this after ..1775.. ) Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; one is roots, the other is wings." Hodding Carter, Jr. "What does Jesus want in his "stocking" on Christmas morning? Loving kindness, a warm heart, and the stretched out hand of tolerance!" The Bishop's Wife (1947)